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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Derek H. Davis offers the first comprehensive examination of the role of religion in the proceedings, theories, ideas, and goals of the Continental Congress. Those who argue that the United States was founded as a "Christian Nation" have made much of the religiosity of the founders, particularly as it was manifested in the ritual invocations of a clearly Christian God as well as in the adoption of practices such as government-sanctioned days of fasting and thanksgiving, prayers and preaching before legislative bodies, and the appointments of chaplains to the Army. Davis looks at the fifteen-year experience of the Continental Congress (1774-1789) and arrives at a contrary conclusion: namely, that the revolutionaries did not seek to entrench religion in the federal state. The idea that a modern nation could be premised on expressly theological foundations, Davis argues, was utterly antithetical to the thinking of most revolutionaries."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11563318.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Derek H. Davis offers the first comprehensive examination of the role of religion in the proceedings, theories, ideas, and goals of the Continental Congress. Those who argue that the United States was founded as a "Christian Nation" have made much of the religiosity of the founders, particularly as it was manifested in the ritual invocations of a clearly Christian God as well as in the adoption of practices such as government-sanctioned days of fasting and thanksgiving, prayers and preaching before legislative bodies, and the appointments of chaplains to the Army.".
- catalog description "Davis looks at the fifteen-year experience of the Continental Congress (1774-1789) and arrives at a contrary conclusion: namely, that the revolutionaries did not seek to entrench religion in the federal state. The idea that a modern nation could be premised on expressly theological foundations, Davis argues, was utterly antithetical to the thinking of most revolutionaries."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-301) and index.".
- catalog description "Original intent as a basis for constitutional interpretation -- The political status of religion in the founding era -- Religion and the American Revolution -- A summary view of politics and religion in the Continental Congress -- Chaplaincies and days of religious observance under the Continental Congress -- Religious dimensions of the Declaration of Independence -- Religion and federalism during the Confederation Period -- A national seal and a (national?) bible -- The Continental Congress and religious liberty -- Virtue and the Continental Congress -- The Continental Congress, original intent, and modern constitutional adjudication.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 309 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195133552".
- catalog isPartOf "Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)".
- catalog isPartOf "Religion in America series".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "322/.1/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Church and state United States History.".
- catalog subject "Constitutional history United States.".
- catalog subject "Freedom of religion United States History.".
- catalog subject "KF4783 .D385 2000".
- catalog subject "United States. Continental Congress.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Original intent as a basis for constitutional interpretation -- The political status of religion in the founding era -- Religion and the American Revolution -- A summary view of politics and religion in the Continental Congress -- Chaplaincies and days of religious observance under the Continental Congress -- Religious dimensions of the Declaration of Independence -- Religion and federalism during the Confederation Period -- A national seal and a (national?) bible -- The Continental Congress and religious liberty -- Virtue and the Continental Congress -- The Continental Congress, original intent, and modern constitutional adjudication.".
- catalog title "Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 : contributions to original intent / Derek H. Davis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".